Football Federation Australia have picked a male cricket coach as part of the panel to find the new Matildas boss to replace the controversially ousted Alen Stajcic.Matthew Mott, head coach of the Australian women's cricket team, joins FFA head of national performance Luke Casserly, ex-Matilda Julie Murray and AIS deputy director Darlene Harrison who will make their recommendation to the FFA board.The FFA's head of women's football Emma Highwood is not part of the panel.FFA CEO David Gallop said earlier this week that he hoped to appoint Stajcic's replacement within a fortnight, ahead of next month's Cup of Nations being hosted in Australia.

Football Federation Australia have picked a male cricket coach as part of the panel to find the new Matildas boss to replace the controversially ousted Alen Stajcic.Matthew Mott, head coach of the Australian women's cricket team, joins FFA head of national performance Luke Casserly, ex-Matilda Julie Murray and AIS deputy director Darlene Harrison who will make their recommendation to the FFA board.The FFA's head of women's football Emma Highwood is not part of the panel.FFA CEO David Gallop said earlier this week that he hoped to appoint Stajcic's replacement within a fortnight, ahead of next month's Cup of Nations being hosted in Australia.

I'm a devotee of calling it how I see it. You siding with the FFA as a default and questioning nothing they do is interesting to watch. Im actually surprised you haven't brought up NSL in this thread.

To be honest I’m not really siding with FFA on this one, I just don’t agree that this is Gallops fault- this was a board decision and he has to carry out the boards instruction.

As I have said previously I believe that there is a cultural issue in the women’s game - this is an outcome of that as well as a change to the appointment of the board through the expansion of the congress.

Football Federation Australia have picked a male cricket coach as part of the panel to find the new Matildas boss to replace the controversially ousted Alen Stajcic.Matthew Mott, head coach of the Australian women's cricket team, joins FFA head of national performance Luke Casserly, ex-Matilda Julie Murray and AIS deputy director Darlene Harrison who will make their recommendation to the FFA board.The FFA's head of women's football Emma Highwood is not part of the panel.FFA CEO David Gallop said earlier this week that he hoped to appoint Stajcic's replacement within a fortnight, ahead of next month's Cup of Nations being hosted in Australia.

while I'm all for free speech, it has been brought to my attention that some of the people involved in this saga have a history of suing for defamation... so it might be an idea to remove this thread as the entire forum will be liable

while I'm all for free speech, it has been brought to my attention that some of the people involved in this saga have a history of suing for defamation... so it might be an idea to remove this thread as the entire forum will be liable

David Gallop is one of three executives reported to be in the crosshairs of the Football Federation Australia board as the fallout from the Alen Stajcic debacle gathers momentum.The chief executive has been the face of the sacking of the Matildas coach since the decision was made last month, sparking a PR disaster for the sport.According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, the meeting on Monday night revealed the board's fury over the way the sacking has played out in public, and they also questioned why key executives were blindsided by the "toxic culture" that sparked the dismissal.The roles of Emma Highwood, the FFA's head of women's football, and Luke Casserley, FFA's head of the national teams, are now also facing questions over their role."Every one of our staff will have a performance review because this has trashed our brand," a board source told the SMH.Much of the five hour board meeting was reportedly spent focused on a strategy to bring the debacle to a swift conclusion...and prevent any repeat.The board – chaired by newly-elected Chris Nikou – were said to be standing by their decision to sack Stajcic but angry that they had to act so quickly and with very little warning.They are reported to want to know why the alleged "toxic team culture" that led to Stajcic dismissal was not known about earlier.The board is now questioning what executives knew, what actions were taken and why the issues discovered by the PFA and One Watch surveys had been allowed to fester.They also reportedly to want to know the background to the surveys and how they came to be used as evidence against Stajcic.The report also flags a possible change in CEO following the split of the A-League from the FFA at the end of next month, which would make the current role substantially different from the job currently done by Gallop.

This has to be one of the worst cases of the FFA shooting itself in the foot. The publicity will send football back years. Gallop will have to go even if he is the mouthpiece. The board needs to be looked at as well.

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